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POLICE <br /> <br />Operational Responsibilities <br /> <br />Respond to Calls for Assistance <br />Discourage Crime <br />Investigate Crimes <br />Enforce Traffic Laws <br />Enforce Criminal Law <br />Control Civil Disobedience <br />Monitor Neighborhood Safety <br />Maintain Records of Crimes <br />Serve Official Notice <br /> <br />Planning Responsibilities <br /> <br /> Encourage Crime Prevention <br />- Assist in Transportation Planning <br /> Provide Safety Planning <br /> <br />Special Projects <br /> <br /> Coordinate Election Activities <br />- License Investigations <br />- Delivery of Agendas <br /> <br />PERFORMANCE <br /> <br />This department operates at the lowest level of public safety <br />service necessary for an urban/rural community. Further, the <br />continuity of investigation of major and minor crimes suffers due <br />to the current staffing levels and the cost of overtime to cover <br />vacations and sick leave continues to increase as a result of <br />staffing levels and structure. <br /> <br />While Ramsey Officers are trained in, and required to <br />assume, investigative duties on all criminal activities, <br />felony, gross misdemeanor and misdemeanor, they cannot <br />perform to the necessary level of efficiency required by <br />current demand. This is especially true for the Officers <br />who work the late evening and night shifts since they are <br />not able to conduct interviews with witnesses, suspects <br />and complaintants, nor can they interact with other police <br />and criminal justice agencies that function for the most <br />part during standard working hours. <br /> <br />Not only does the investigating Officer lose out due to <br />work schedule, but also because he must handle his Calls <br />For Service load and maintain a reasonable level of patrol <br />(public presence and traffic work) at the same time. It <br />is extremely difficult to schedule a suspect or witness <br />for an interview and then either have to cancel or leave <br />the interview because of a call that can't wait. <br /> <br />Staffing Report May 1988 Page 13 <br /> <br /> <br />